Miami counterfeiting syndicate

The Miami counterfeiting syndicate was an organized crime syndicate that operated in Miami, Florida during the 1980s. The syndicate was run by the Triads, Chinese criminals, and the Triads used a cargo ship at the docks of Miami to import plates into Miami in order to print out counterfeit money. In 1986, Tommy Vercetti killed several security guards on the cargo ship and interrogated the dock manager, forcing him to tell him about the location and time of the next plate shipment. It turned out that a courier would be arriving in a helicopter with the plates, and Vercetti headed to the deal and ambushed the female hitmen with a sniper rifle. Vercetti proceeded to kill the courier, Joaquina Berra, and take the plates back to Earnest Kelly at the Print Works, printing money from his own front and damaging the coutnerfeiting syndicate's control over the production of fake money.